The Redwood North Way

Redwood North is a Private Equity firm, focused on small to medium-size Australian businesses, that believes a measured steady approach to investing is the key to financial success. 

• Long-term patient capital Our investment philosophy encourages long-term investment in businesses. We place a strong emphasis on creating sustainable cash flows persisting over a long period

• Conservative debt We utilize conservative financial leverage in our initial acquisition to de-risk our investments in strong free cash flow businesses 

• Non-discretionary product or services Our philosophy drives us towards industries and companies who produce a non-discretionary product or service to mitigate risk from changes in economic conditions

• Partnership and culture lead We believe great companies are led by great people. Experience has taught us that duplicating the knowledge and years of experience of a committed management team is not an easy task. Therefore, Redwood North will typically purchase between 50% and 80% of an opportunity, retaining the existing management team and/or vendors as equity partners post-acquisition

• History of stable SME returns A future promise of a return is very different to a proven track record of providing returns to investors. We invest in companies that have a proven track record of $1–$5m free cash flow over many years

Our Goal is to achieve 20%+ IRR returns for all our investors through the distribution of a 10% cash dividend and moderate EBITDA growth of the acquired portfolio business 

Our Community of Investors is comprised of successful business leaders and family offices who are seeking to gain access to superior returns, without trading off the ability to choose which investments they enter, the degree of their investment and the ability to potentially exercise liquidity should their circumstances change